Conclusion Meanings:
'Unfounded': Evidence suggests that the event or alleged conduct did not occur.
'Unsubstantiated': or 'Unable to Determine' - The alleged conduct was investigated but could not determine both that the conduct occurred and that it broke the rules.
Further details on conclusions.
Named in 2 known lawsuits, $142,500 total settlements.
Jones, Robert vs City of Ny Et. al.
Case # 818738/2022E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, March 23, 2023, ended December 26, 2024
$32,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On November 16, 2019, Plaintiff was lawfully present near 2010 Bruckner Boulevard, Bronx, New York when Defendant Officers demanded that Plaintiff and others move down the block away from the area. As Plaintiff obeyed and was leaving the area, Defendant Officers approached Plaintiff, grabbed and forcefully pushed him to the car repeatedly. Defendant officers then threw Plaintiff to the ground and forcefully thrusted knees, fists, and elbows into his back and body, preventing him from breathing, even though he did not resist arrest in any way. Plaintiff was placed in unreasonably tight handcuffs and was lifted off the ground by the chain of the handcuffs, causing severe injuries to his shoulders, arms, and wrist...
Long, Ayisha vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 14CV09908,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, December 19, 2014, ended October 25, 2016
$110,000 Settlement
Complaint,
Second Amended Complaint
Description: On September 16, 2014, plaintiff Ayisha Long answered her doorbell to a friend of her son, and saw her son, Sidney, in a park across the street with a number of police officers, including PO Angel Vasquez. Plaintiff ran over, barefoot, and informed the officers that she is Sidney's mother. She told Sidney to stay calm, the police officers took him down to the ground, and plaintiff knelt down next to him, urging him to stay calm. At some point, police Cpt. Christopher Zaffiro arrived on the scene. Zaffiro grabbed plaintiff from behind and forced her arms behind her head. Zaffiro forced her against a metal grate, and one of the police officers handcuffed her extremely tightly, causing her severe pain. Plaintiff r...